California Assembly Bill AB1173 Introduced / Bill

 BILL NUMBER: AB 1173INTRODUCED BILL TEXT INTRODUCED BY Assembly Member Williams FEBRUARY 27, 2015 An act to amend Section 116805 of the Health and Safety Code, relating to drinking water. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST AB 1173, as introduced, Williams. Water equipment: backflow protection programs. Existing law authorizes local health officials to maintain programs, in cooperation with water suppliers, to protect against backflow through service connections into the public water supply system, and, with the consent of the water supplier, to collect fees from the water supplier to offset the costs of implementing these programs. Existing law requires that these programs be conducted in accordance with backflow protection regulations adopted by the State Water Resources Control Board. This bill would make a nonsubstantive change by updating a reference from the State Department of Public Health to the State Water Resources Control Board. Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no. State-mandated local program: no. THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: SECTION 1. Section 116805 of the Health and Safety Code is amended to read: 116805. (a) Local health officers may maintain programs, in cooperation with water suppliers, to protect against backflow through service connections into the public water supply, and, with the consent of the water supplier, may collect fees from the water supplier to offset the costs of implementing these programs. (b) The fees authorized under this section and under Section 116800 shall be limited to the costs of administering these programs. At the discretion of the water supplier, the fees collected from the water supplier by the local health officer may be passed through to water users. (c) Programs authorized under this section and Section 116800 shall be conducted in accordance with backflow protection regulations adopted by the  department   State Water Resources Control Board  . (d) Nothing in this article shall prevent a water supplier from directly charging those water users required to install backflow prevention devices for the costs of the programs authorized in this section and Section 116800.